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kendo

kendo noun: a Japanese martial art using "swords" of split bamboo.

kendo: a Japanese martial art using "swords" of split bamboo
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Noun

kendo (uncountable)

  1. A Japanese martial art using "swords" of split bamboo.

kendo meaning in Tagalog, Malay, Indonesian and Thai

kendo in Tagalog

Japanese martial art
kendo

kendo in Malay

Japanese martial art
kendo

kendo in Indonesian

Japanese martial art
kendo

kendo in Thai

Japanese martial art
เคนโด้ kayndôh
More languagesFewer languages
kendo in Vietnamese
kendo

Forms of kendo

alternative formkendō

Origin of kendo

Borrowed from Japanese 剣道 (kendō, “the way of the sword”), from Middle Chinese 劍 (kjæ̀m, “sword”) + 道 (dáu, “way”). Doublet of kumdo.

Words formed from kendo

Words that rhyme with kendo

Questions about kendo

What does kendo mean?
Kendo means a Japanese martial art using "swords" of split bamboo.
What is kendo in Tagalog?
Kendo in Tagalog is kendo. See Kendo meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is kendo?
Kendo is a noun.

Words near kendo in the dictionary

  1. kendis
  2. Kendism
  3. Kendle
  4. Kendler
  5. Kendles
  6. kendo
  7. kendoist
  8. kendoists
  9. kendoka
  10. kendokas
  11. kendomycin

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